Jamaz Richardson rushed for 278 yards and Stephen DiCenso added 90 yards and 3 touchdowns in the Devilpups’ 35-8 triumph over East Carteret on Friday night.

“What stood out tonight was we adjusted well because they (East Carteret focused on Richardson),” Lejeune coach Darryl Schwartz said. “They scouted us well. We had to adjust our game plan, and the kids did a good job.”

The original game plan was to feed the ball to Richardson. And while he did rush for nearly 300 yards on 23 carries and scored a touchdown on a 79-yard run, he wasn’t the only Devilpup to help Lejeune’s offense. DiCenso rushed 15 times and scored touchdowns on runs of 25, 7 and 12 yards.

“They keyed on Jamaz. So we used fakes and decided to give the ball to Stephen,” Schwartz said. “We saw holes in their defense.”

Schwartz was also pleased with his team’s defense, which intercepted three passes and recovered two fumbles.

“Our defense stepped up,” he said. “We made adjustments. We are very pleased.”

“The defense played really well for us tonight,” Dixon coach Ray Swaney said. “We had some big stops when we needed them. The defensive line and the ends did a good job tonight flying to the ball. They just played their responsibilities really well and we created some turnovers.”